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Vanderbilt alumnus Ruoyu Wang has been selected to receive the prestigious 2024 Jacobs Engineering Group/AEESP Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Ruoyu Wang The award recognizes an outstanding doctoral dissertation that contributes to the advancement of environmental science and engineering. Wang, Ph.D. ’23, is currently a postdoctoral associate in the… Read More

MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Jenna Jambeck made the first estimate of plastic trash entering the world’s oceans by linking global data on solid waste, population density and economic status. She and her team calculated that 275 million metric tons (MT) of land-based plastic waste was generated in 192 coastal countries… Read More

Accomplished alumni from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering who have gone onto successful careers in energy markets, health care, academia and space transportation—along with an Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense—will join the School of Engineering’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni. In addition, a longtime community volunteer… Read More

What if a manual wheelchair could be turned into a powered wheelchair by adding a bicycle-style wheel attachment with steering and braking control? A team of biomedical engineering seniors designed an accessory to an existing chair that currently limits steering to traditional hand rim turning. Their accessory streamlines both… Read More

Students in Vanderbilt’s Department of Computer Science will get a chance to show off their innovative thinking when they demonstrate more than 60 projects in the department’s spring Immersion Showcase on April 18. The event will take place in the Adams Atrium at Featheringill Hall from 5-7 p.m. The… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers are part of a team supported by NASA to investigate measures that can be taken to safeguard high-density urban airspace against cyberattacks, as well as improve aircraft operations. Xenofon Koutsoukos, chair of the Department of Computer Science; Gautam Biswas, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering; and… Read More

Douglas Adams and Catie Chang are among 10 Vanderbilt faculty members who received 2024 Spring Faculty Awards at the Spring Faculty Assembly April 11. Recipients were recognized for their significant impact through scholarship, research, creative expression, service, teaching or mentoring. Adams received the Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award. Read More

Nisala Kalupahana knows firsthand the impact of career readiness programs and mentorship, which is why the Vanderbilt computer science major volunteered to help mentor a group of high schoolers who competed against some of the best robotics teams in the world April 17-20 in Houston, Texas. 2024 Pioneers team. Kalupahana,… Read More

  https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-sub/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2024/04/12163235/Ancient-Engineering-Flood-Gates-Testing.mp4 by Lucas Johnson More than 20 Vanderbilt engineering students recently visited Italy during their spring break to not only see some iconic structures, but also learn the engineering behind the Pantheon and Venice’s sophisticated floodgates so they could apply that knowledge to future engineering projects of their… Read More

Two engineering faculty members and the dean of the School of Engineering were recognized at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on April 8, 2024. They are among 28 scholars from across Vanderbilt who were honored by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver. Read More